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List three factors which can cause overloading of domestic eletric circuits .

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There factors which can cause overloading are :
(1) Direct contact of the live wire and neutral wire .
(2) Accidental high rise in the supply voltage .
(3) Connecting too may appliances to a single socket and using them simultaneously.
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